Definition of Caspar

1. Noun. (New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus.

Exact synonyms: Gaspar
Category relationships: New Testament
Group relationships: Magi, Wise Men
Generic synonyms: Sage

Definition of Caspar

1. Proper noun. one of the Magi. ¹

2. Proper noun. (given name male), more popular in the form Jasper. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caspar

Cashmere
Cashmere goat
Casimir
Casimir Funk
Casimir effect
Casimir effects
Casimir force
Casimir forces
Caslick
Casmerodius
Casmerodius albus
Casoni
Casoni intradermal test
Casoni skin test
Caspar
Caspar Bartholin
Casparian band
Casper
Caspian
Caspian Sea
Caspian roach
Caspian roaches
Caspian tern
Caspian terns
Caspian tiger
Caspiane

Literary usage of Caspar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1840)
"he met the elder caspar by appointment, and they went together to the Jewish synagogue, where they met Lewin caspar. They had some conversation after they ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1836)
"X.—Tracts relating to caspar Hauser. By EARL STANHOPE, London: Hodson. 1836. MOST of our readers will recollect some of the wonderful particulars with which ..."

3. The Zurich letters: (second Series) Comprising the Correspondence of Several by Steuart Adolphus Pears, Hastings Robinson (1845)
"caspar THOMAN TO caspar ... and promised me for your sake every [i caspar Waser was a minister at Zurich, and professor of Hebrew there in 1596. ..."

4. The Zurich Letters: Comprising the Correspondence of Several English Bishops by Hastings Robinson, John Hunter, Parker Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"caspar THOMAN TO caspar ... and promised mo for your sake every [' caspar Waser was a minister at Zurich, and professor of Hebrew there in 1596. ..."

5. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"... London, with Henry Haigh as Rudolph, Corrí as Кипа, С. Lyall as Ottocar, Aynsley Cook as caspar, G. Honey as Killian, Basil Potter as ..."

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